01.10.2021

Head of Communications Peter N. Thier leaves Erste Group, Head of Marketing Mario Stadler takes over

There will be a change in the management structure of Erste Group’s Group Brand Management & Communications division: Head of Communications Peter N. Thier will leave the banking group as of 1 October 2021 due to differing views on its future communications strategy. The Head of Brand Management at Erste Group, Mario Stadler, will lead the division on an interim basis.

Christian Hromatka will take over the role of corporate spokesperson for Erste Group.

Peter N. Thier: "I am pleased that with the reorganization and introduction of a newsroom concept at Erste Group I was able to make a small contribution to modernizing communications at Erste Group. I thank the team for the great cooperation they showed me."

In 2020, after almost nine years at Austrian Airlines, Thier (48) had followed the call back to Erste Group, where he had headed communications at Erste Bank from 2007-2012.